Additionally, renewal requirements are reviewed at the end of a year of scholarship utilization, based on your first-time semester
of regular enrollment.

FALL ENROLLMENT: Scholars enrolling in their first semester of college during
the fall semester will have the fall, spring, and summer semesters of an academic
year to meet the renewal requirements.

SPRING ENROLLMENT: Scholars enrolling in their first semester of college during
the spring semester are considered "off track" and will have the spring, summer
and fall semesters to meet renewal requirements.

Late PROMISE Awards: Any Student receiving their first award in the spring, due
to a late application and/or FAFSA will have the subsequent spring, summer,
and fall semesters to meet the renewal requirements.

When students are reviewed at the end of their year, they must have earned a
minimum of 30 credit hours . Any classes from which they withdrew
or earned a failing grade do not count as earned hours.

In addition, students must meet overall GPA requirements. For the first year
a PROMISE award is received, the applicant may be eligible for renewal
if they earned an overall GPA of at least 2.75. For following years, an overall
GPA of no less than 3.0 is required.

Will Advanced Placement (AP), CLEP, or Prior College Credit Count Toward the 30 Credit
Hours and GPA for Renewing PROMISE?

No. While any AP, CLEP, or prior college credit earned while in high school
may count toward your total hours and GPA at WVU,
it will not count toward the 30 hours you need to complete and theGPA you must obtain to maintainPROMISE.

Courses taken prior to the first semester you receive thePROMISEScholarship will not count toward fulfilling the renewal requirements.

This includes students who defer their PROMISE the first semester of
college and attend an out of state institution.

Can Students Appeal if They Do Not Meet Renewal Requirements?

A student granted an initial PROMISE Scholarship may appeal a non-renewal
of the award. Any such appeal must be filed within fifteen (15) days of notification
to the student that they are not eligible for renewal of the award. The
appeal is to be filed with the Mountaineer Hub. Only under extremely extenuating
circumstances will an appeal be approved.

If the appeal of the non-renewal is denied by WVU, the student may appeal
that decision to the Executive Director at the PROMISE Board. The
appeal must be filed within fifteen (15) days of notification to the student
of denial of the WVU appeal. The appeal must be in writing and detail,
with specificity, the grounds for the appeal. The Executive Director may require
additional evidence or materials be submitted. If the Executive Director denies
the appeal the reasons for the denial shall be communicated in writing to the
applicant with an explanation of the reason for the denial.

If a student with a PROMISE Scholarship is not eligible for renewal
of the award because of failure to maintain academic progress they may not
utilize the procedure set out herein to challenge any grade assigned them.
Challenges to grades must be brought under established institutional procedures
for grade appeals. The process set out above may only be utilized to challenge
the application of the eligibility requirements to the grade or grades assigned.
If a student is successful on a grade appeal, and the changing of the grade
makes them eligible for renewal, they may petition the PROMISE Board
for a renewal of the award retroactively.